USAC WEST COAST SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: March 28, 2015 – Hanford, California – Keller Auto Speedway at Kings Fairgrounds

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Max Adams,, 5X, Adams-15.857; 2. Ryan Bernal, 56, Phulps-15.948; 3. Austin Liggett, 83, Liggett-15.978; 4. Jake Swanson, 92, Sertich-16.017; 5. Richard Vander Weerd, 10, Vander Weerd-16.101; 6. D.J. Johnson, 33, Johnson-16.134; 7. Jace Vander Weerd, 88, Vander Weerd-16.165; 8. Danny Faria Jr., 17V, Bowman-16.303; 9. Trey Marcham, 73, Ford-16.312; 10. Tristan Guardino, 81, Watt-16.318; 11. Landon Hurst, 179, Hurst-16.322; 12. Brody Roa, 48, Leonard-16.328; 13. Colton Slack, 81M, Watt-16.491; 14. Trent Carter, 13, Carter-16.521; 15. Jeff Sibley, 42N, Sibley-16.591; 16. Shannon McQueen, 87, Van Meter-16.638; 17. Kevin Barnes, 36B, Barnes-16.639; 18. Matt Day, 97, Day-17.302; 19. Jeff Bothelo, 14, Bothelo-NT; 20. Dwayne Marcum, 25, Yount-NT; 21. Johnathon Henry, 17, Shanoian-NT.

FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Slack, 2. Guardino, 3. J.Vander Weerd, 4. Adams, 5. Swanson, 6. McQueen, 7. Bothelo. NT

SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Faria, 2. Bernal, 3. Hurst, 4. R.Vander Weerd, 5. Carter, 6. Barnes, 7. Marcum. NT

THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Roa, 2. Marcham, 3. Sibley, 4. Johnson, 5. Henry, 6. Day, 7. Liggett. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Ryan Bernal, 2. Danny Faria Jr., 3. Jace Vander Weerd, 4. D.J. Johnson, 5. Jake Swanson, 6. Landon Hurst, 7. Trey Marcham, 8. Max Adams, 9. Austin Liggett, 10. Johnathon Henry, 11. Tristan Guardino, 12. Jeff Sibley, 13. Colton Slack, 14. Kevin Barnes, 15. Trent Carter, 16. Brody Roa, 17. Shannon McQueen, 18. Richard Vander Weerd, 19. Matt Day, 20. Dwayne Marcum, 21. Jeff Bothelo. NT
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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Lap 1 Faria, Laps 2-16 R.Vander Weerd, Laps 17-28 Faria, Laps 29-30 Bernal

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Bernal Rolls To Kings Victory

HANFORD, Calif. — Ryan Bernal passed Danny Faria Jr. with two laps remaining and won Saturday night’s USAC West Coast Sprint Car Series race at Keller Auto Speedway at Kings Fairgrounds.

Faria led the first lap before Richard Vander Weerd took over from lap two through 16. Faria was back in front on lap 17 and set the pace until Bernal swept past on lap 29 and led the final two laps of the three-eighths-mile dirt track.

Faria finished second with Jace Vander Werd, D.J. Johnson and Jake Swanson rounding out the top five.

Max Adams was fast qualifier for the 21-car field.

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Anyone here know why Richard slowed down after taking off like a rocket early? Did he have a tire going down? Danny would have passed him even if he hadn't gone over the berm in one/two. Nice, patient press-through by Ryan after a so-so start. "Mature" driving.